Why do depressed people push loved ones away?

They push love ones away because they think that they will hurt them by sharing feelings or those things they discuss isn't going to be to much help to them and they just want to be alone by themselves for a reason.

Because they thought they shouldn't be affecting anyone else with their "depressing" mind, they thought they might be a burden to them. They though they deserves someone better than them, since they think they are not perfect at all. What they didn't know is that people actually do care and wants to help.

Many depressed people feel as if they are unworthy of having loved ones. Sometimes they are embarrassed or they feel that just aren't good enough for others to care about.

Depressed people suffer , they are joyless , unhappy , hopeless , sometimes the smallest details turn their moods even further negative , it is their desire to stay alone , disengage in activities , and simply losing the fun view they had in their loved ones ,..

They do not want to hurt their love ones, while they are emotional. They feel that their emotions can overwhelm/hurt them.

they dont mean to.. but they who are depressed do need someone to help support them its hard for some but things do get better

They do this because they feel that they are not enough for their loved ones. They feel like burdens to them and push them away so that the loved ones will not be burdened by them. They also feel that they are not enough for their loved ones to love them unconditionally.

Mostly because they feel like a burden because the feelings are too much to handle, or that others won't understand/validate their feelings or try to be there for them, like there is no point in letting people in but that is the depression talking. People with depression are constantly experiencing pain and other negative feelings that sometimes feel so overwhelming to them and it takes time until they learn and understand better whats going on in their heads. Explaining it to others is sometimes difficult, besides not knowing what will make them feel better because nothing really does, again the depression affecting everything. Telling them that you are willing to listen and following through and checking up regularly will make a difference and will help them open up about it even if its not accepted right away.

Depressed people tend to have a low sense of self-worth. They feel like they don't deserve to be cared for by their loved ones, sometimes even believing that they are simply a burden to them.

Because we're always afraid that they'll leave us, and sometimes because we feel like we're bothering them, and we don't want to hurt them with our depression.